[danielhunt]

I really do love the idea behind these kinds of services - SMS from a desktop browser window? Awesome.

But I really don't want to pass all of my personal traffic off to a rndom new startup's server. How can you convince people to use this and trust you? Does this kind of thing rely on the serial over sharers to just connect their Google account up, and willingly pass off their private messaging?

Maybe I'm being overly critical, but this is precisely the kind of thing I would want to run myself, not give to someone else to run.

edit It seems I jumped the gun a little - their FAQ says that they explicitly don't store the messages on their servers, making them a dumb pipe to just send data. Still, my instinct is to wonder who else can see my messages :/

[moe]

But I really don't want to pass all of my personal traffic off to a random new startup's server

And rightly so. Just use EasySMS for the SMS thing (it runs entirely on your phone, no third party involved) and one of the six dozen Filesharing/Samba apps that run over Wifi without going through a remote party (personally I'm using the samba app with the red icon, don't recall the name right now).

Sorry @shynk, but your app is broken by design and the proper solutions have been available in the app-store for years.

[evanpurkhiser]

Another option for SMS from your computer is to use Google Voice. If your with Sprint you can link your number and call and text from your browser.

[ninetax]

You make a good point. Especially when we rely on SMS as an out of band channel for two factor authentication.